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Gerbera (named in honor of Traug. Gerber, a German naturalist who traveled in Russia). Compdsitx. A small group of temperate and tropical Asiatic and African perennial herbs grown for their yellow or pink or orange flower-heads.

Gerbera (named in honor of Traug. Gerber, a German naturalist who traveled in Russia). Compositae. A small group of temperate and tropical Asiatic and African perennial herbs grown for their yellow or pink or orange flower-heads.

Stemless herbs with radical, petioled Ivs. which are entire or sometimes lobed: fl.-heads solitary, many-fld., the conspicuous rays in 1 or 2 rows, those of the inner row, when present, very short and sometimes tubular and 2-lipped, as are the disk-fls.: achenes beaked.— There are 40 species, only one of which (G. jamesonii) is well known in Amer. and is sometimes found outside the collections of botanic gardens and fanciers. They should be grown in the temperate house, in a rich compost of sandy loam and peat. Prop, by seeds or by cuttings of side shoots.

Stemless herbs with radical, petioled leaves which are entire or sometimes lobed: flower-heads solitary, many-flowered, the conspicuous rays in 1 or 2 rows, those of the inner row, when present, very short and sometimes tubular and 2-lipped, as are the disk-flowers.: achenes beaked.— There are 40 species, only one of which (G. jamesonii) is well known in Amer. and is sometimes found outside the collections of botanic gardens and fanciers. They should be grown in the temperate house, in a rich compost of sandy loam and peat. Propagation by seeds or by cuttings of side shoots.

G. aurantiaca, Sch. A handsome plant with fls. 2 ½ in. diam.: florets red. with bright yellow anthers. Natal and the Transvaal. B.M. 8079. Has been listed under name of G. elsae.—G. cantabrigiensis, Hort. A garden hybrid between G. jamesonii and G. viridifolia. G.M.47:386, desc.—G. viridifolia, Sch., is a little-known green-lvd. plant with showy Ms. that are white on the upper side, yellow beneath. S. Afr.—Well worth growing in temperate house.

G. aurantiaca, Sch. A handsome plant with flowers 2 ½ inches diameter: florets red. with bright yellow anthers. Natal and the Transvaal. Has been listed under name of G. elsae.

 

—G. cantabrigiensis, Hort. A garden hybrid between G. jamesonii and G. viridifolia.  

 

—G. viridifolia, Sch., is a little-known green-leaved plant with showy flowers that are white on the upper side, yellow beneath. S. Afr.—Well worth growing in temperate house.

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